Lilley: from port to posh

With a Moreton Bay frontage extending from the Brisbane River to Sandgate and Brighton; the working class taking over the industrial suburbs of Pinkenba and the Brisbane airport; courses fit to host horse racing royalty at Eagle Farm and Doomben; and retiree living strewn across Chermside, Everton Park and Wavell Heights, you can't put the federal seat of Lilley into a box.

Covering 147 square kilometres the inner city seat of Lilley is an eclectic mix of racing, retirees and port industries.

The electorate was named after Sir Charles Lilley, a former Premier and Chief Justice of Queensland, and takes in the suburbs of Kedron, Nundah, Boondall, Zillmere, Brighton, Sandgate, Chermside, Stafford Heights, McDowall and parts of Aspley and Bridgeman Downs.

On a nice day you'll see people flock to the shores of Brighton and Sandgate to take in the views of Moreton Bay with fish and chips, a casual stroll or on a bicycle.

Heading south in the seat and the look and feel changes from coastal village to industrial precinct where the cars of fly in, fly out workers fill old world war two hangers turned car ports, oversized machinery is driven by men wearing hi-vis and planes overhead frequently disrupt lively conversations.

But if you drive along Gympie Road, in the heart of the inner-city seat, independent and supported living for the city's aging population is burgeoning.

The seat has been held by all parties over the years, but in recent years it has become more of a Labor seat.

Labor's Wayne Swan will recontest the seat at the forthcoming election with a margin of 3.2 per cent.

Join 612 ABC Brisbane's Steve Austin as he broadcasts from the Kedron Wavell Services Club with the candidates of the Lilley electorate.8:30-11am, Tuesday August 27, 2013